Close-up
by bryanbrazil

Comment:
7 - Nice composition. Criticism; sharper mainly, more definition. Looks a little blurred but could be zoom/resizing issues. Good color.

Fantasia
by gevorg

Comment:
4 - Good potential. Colors seem good. Criticism; difficult to discern whether it is 'blur' issues here or focus &/or too tightly cropped, resulting in loss of quality. Depending what you had to work with, perhaps trying to incorporate more of the rings/ripples of the water for added effect, and the above mentioned 'sharper'/focal issues, would likely have made this much better in my opinion.

Standoff
by Jackson

Comment:
7 - Good capture. Criticism; difficult as obviously opportune and likely from quite a distance, but.. 'sharper' (which I'm sure you're well aware), make this even better in my opinion. Perhaps a slightly tighter crop at the bottom, not sure, 'works' well as is.

Foothold
by basicentry

Comment:
8 - Good and unusual capture/composition. Criticism; difficult obviously, and 'lens' dependent mostly, but 'sharper' and more 'pop', make this even better in my opinion. Perhaps a little more space (depending what you had of course) on the right, primarily to incorporate 'all whiskers'.

Wood Duck
by Brenb

Comment:
7 - Very nice and in seemingly natural setting. Criticism; 640, slight focal point variation maybe (seems sharper on the grass in the left), but difficult to discern at this size. Like the composition. Not sure on the frame.

Turkey volture
by Ajutte

Comment:
6 - Mainly for the potential and uniqueness. Criticism; difficult, would like to say the beak sharp too, but you'd lose the 'eye effect' - otherwise definitely 640 (in this case height) and perhaps a slight nudge rotation up on the left to 'straighten' (depending what you had to work with of course), and possibly a little more context incorporated 'somewhere', but not sure as, 'works' as is. Even sharper too on the focal points would also have given this extra. Good unusual capture.

I've got my eye on you
by smyk

Comment:
7 - Excellent focus/clarity on and around the eye. Criticism; depending what you had to work with, perhaps 640 height with this too, bringing in a little more context/more body - the OOF 'nose/snout' is more dominant here than the eye in my opinion. The reflection in/on the detracts slightly, but fairly minor. Color is good.

Resting on the Tree
by wantmycatslife

Comment:
4 - Good potential. Nice colors. Criticism; given the background/surrounds/context, I think a more off-centered composition may have worked better here (depending what you had to work with of course). 640, in this case width, would also have likely helped.

dainty
by byoung

Comment:
7 - Nice colors and composition. Criticism; too soft (whether pp or not) in my opinion, but I realize you may have going for this effect. Just think it would be a stronger image with more definition in the bird and those water droplets/etc.

Frogger
by annah

Comment:
8 - Very good. Focus looks spot on and nice clarity. Good composition. Criticism; not much, mainly the 'chopped foot'. Perhaps a slightly wider/larger DOF to incorporate the 'mouth', but obviously lens dependent.